CVE-2025-8225 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Binutils

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or ReleaseCWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime10 documents8 sources
Severity
4.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 91.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedJul 27
Latest updateDec 1

Description

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.44 and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function process_debug_info of the file binutils/dwarf.c of the component DWARF Section Handler. The manipulation leads to memory leak. Attacking locally is a requirement. The identifier of the patch is e51fdff7d2e538c0e5accdd65649ac68e6e0ddd4. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.45-3
▶CVEListV5gnu/binutils2.44
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.44

Patches

Patch: gitlab.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
binutils vulnerabilities↗2025-12-01
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GHSA
GHSA-q2gw-9mg2-9rh3: A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2↗2025-07-27
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OSV
CVE-2025-8225: A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2↗2025-07-27
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CVEList
GNU Binutils DWARF Section dwarf.c process_debug_info memory leak↗2025-07-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2025-12-01
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Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2025-10-29
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Red Hat
binutils: Binutils DWARF Section Handler Memory Leak↗2025-07-27
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Microsoft
GNU Binutils DWARF Section dwarf.c process_debug_info memory leak↗2025-07-08
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Debian
CVE-2025-8225: binutils - A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.44 and classified as problematic. Th...↗2025
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CVE-2025-8225 — GNU Binutils vulnerability | cvebase